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I will definitely vote to keep Trump out of Parliament. And of course not attend. We were 100's for Zelensky. We can be zero for Trump.

submitted 24 days ago • 15 comments

Number crunching: Value of reduction in US tariffs for UK companies per year as against EU members v fall in UK exports per year due to Brexit From the new Private Eye, out now.

submitted 29 days ago • 8 comments

I’M GOING TO KEEP POSTING THIS STORY UNTIL ANDRY IS FREED: Gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced cop's report Andry Hernandez Romero sought shelter in the U.S. because he was persecuted as a gay man, one of the "particular social groups" allowed to claim asylum.

submitted 30 days ago • 570 comments

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

submitted 31 days ago • 219 comments

UPDATE: El Salvador’s brutal far-right dictator, Trump and Musk friend Nayib Bukele, has confirmed that he will never return any person sent to him from America. And Trump has confirmed he wants American citizens sent to El Salvador to die in a foreign gulag. This is a five-alarm fire for democracy.

submitted 31 days ago • 261 comments

Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."

submitted 31 days ago • 1187 comments

HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS. This is it. This is where America ends.

submitted 31 days ago • 1618 comments

WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well? GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available WARNER: We have a trade surplus!

submitted 37 days ago • 1102 comments

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

submitted 38 days ago • 264 comments

I often give MSM headline-writers/editors a hard time on framing of political news. So now a note of compliment to hed-writers + photo and layout editors who put together today's WSJ print front page. (h/t @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social ) If Dickens or Dreiser were writing this, would seem overdone

submitted 40 days ago • 80 comments

Some disparate thoughts on the second day of the financial apocalypse iandunt.substack.com/p/some-dispa...

submitted 42 days ago • 25 comments

Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

submitted 44 days ago • 621 comments

Starmer wrote in the Express that he is against restoring Freedom of Movement. Please retweet if you want our Freedom of Movement restored. We were robbed of our right to live, work, study, and love in 30 countries by the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.

submitted 47 days ago • 15 comments

Why aren’t you wearing a suit? Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?

submitted 48 days ago • 1200 comments

“People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen: theatln.tc/UHOLqA9E

submitted 50 days ago • 334 comments

Here's Marjorie Taylor Greene literally telling a British reporter to "go back to your country" and berating her for trying to ask a question. "We don't give a CRAP about your opinion."

submitted 50 days ago • 1377 comments

OK. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 51 days ago • 63 comments

OSSOFF: Director Ratcliffe, this was a huge mistake, correct? RATLIFFE: No OSSOFF: This is an embarrassment

submitted 51 days ago • 853 comments

Mine on the great Signal scandal that is upending the White House, with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk earlier today. Please feel free to share with anyone (even over Signal, if you fancy it). 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/869434...

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US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children Researchers at Yale University had been compiling a database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 children. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

submitted 57 days ago • 6 comments

Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history. Please repost if you want it restored.

submitted 58 days ago • 9 comments

Not much else to say. Private Eye gets it right again.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Mine with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk earlier today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSsv...

submitted 59 days ago • 12 comments

Last month I did a little experiment. I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky. The results were...interesting... [Thread]

submitted 60 days ago • 129 comments

Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space. Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.

submitted 59 days ago • 544 comments

Statement from the director of the Voice of America (who has been placed on administrative leave).

submitted 61 days ago • 200 comments

‘I feel utter anger’: From Canada to Europe, a movement to boycott US goods is spreading. “Tesla sales are falling and apps and online groups are springing up to help consumers choose non-US items.” Via @theguardian.com

submitted 65 days ago • 109 comments

A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”

submitted 65 days ago • 1281 comments

PATHETIC @bankofengland.bsky.social Pathetic.

submitted 64 days ago • 17 comments

I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier. I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”

submitted 66 days ago • 210 comments

@privateeyenews.bsky.social on top form as usual this issue.

submitted 71 days ago • 117 comments

If Trump was President in 1940

submitted 74 days ago • 82 comments

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

submitted 74 days ago • 2052 comments

‘Trump is abandoning Ukraine and wants a weaker EU’: Dominique de Villepin on Europe’s moment of truth

submitted 75 days ago • 82 comments

The Oval Office has long been a symbol of American leadership, diplomacy, and decorum—a space where world leaders engage in high-stakes discussions with mutual respect, even amid disagreement. Yesterday’s debacle shattered that image.

submitted 75 days ago • 121 comments

Just for clarity, Ukrainian and Russian word "kostyum" from French "costume" really does mean "suit", in a completely neutral sense. Z was not using it sarcastically en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kostyum

submitted 76 days ago • 26 comments

Is the press seriously going to cover this story without mentioning that Trump was impeached in his first term for withholding aid to Ukraine to pressure Zelensky into fabricating dirt on Biden to help Trump win in 2020? Seems relevant!

submitted 76 days ago • 40 comments

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

submitted 76 days ago • 1023 comments

Trump cannot be given a state visit to the UK. It should never have been offered. The invitation must now be withdrawn. You might as well hand it to Putin.

submitted 76 days ago • 237 comments